SAN JOSE, ESC Silicon Valley, April 3, 2006 - QNX Software Systems today unveiled
the new QNX Multi-Core Expedite Program, through which QNX customers get early
access to multi-core hardware and software platforms to start evaluating and
prototyping multi-core systems.

Under the new program, qualifying members will receive 120-day evaluations of
the industry's most advanced multi-core offerings, including:

The QNX® Momentics® development suite Professional Edition and the QNX
Neutrino® Multi-Core Technology Development Kit - the industry's only
comprehensive software infrastructure to fully address the imminent transition
to multi-core processors.

The Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition - a dual-core processor
with Hyper-Threading Technology that, together, provides four logical processors
that can execute four threads in parallel.

The industry transition to multi-core processors is rapidly gaining speed. The
ability to increase CPU performance by increasing the processor clock rate has
reached practical limits. To address this, the industry is shifting to
multi-core processor implementations. Multi-core processors offer benefits that
include higher MIPS per watt, reduced board area, and greater overall
performance. However, the arrival of multi-core hardware rewrites the rules for
embedded software developers, who, until now, have worked mostly with
uniprocessor designs.

Leveraging the massively scalable QNX Neutrino RTOS, members of the QNX
Multi-Core Expedite Program can try out a rich suite of award-winning
multiprocessing solutions and identify the model best suited to their project
requirements. In addition to offering both asymmetric (AMP) and symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) capabilities, QNX has pioneered an innovative "hybrid"
capability called bound multiprocessing (BMP). This groundbreaking technology
simplifies code migration and future-proofs designs for processors that
integrate four, eight, or more CPU cores.

"The biggest challenge in migrating embedded products to multi-core hardware
lies with shifting your software programming paradigm from the traditional
uniprocessing model to a multiprocessing solution," said Dave Curley, vice
president of marketing for QNX Software Systems. "The QNX Multi-Core Expedite
Program shortens that learning curve by giving customers access to
groundbreaking technologies from two leading companies in the embedded market,
helping engineering teams to familiarize themselves with these advanced
platforms and allowing them to quickly harness the power of multi-core designs
using QNX's flexible suite of multiprocessing options."

To qualify for the program, companies must submit their application online by
visiting http://www.qnx.com/innovation/forms/multicoreexpedite. To find out more
about the benefits of multi-core architectures and multiprocessing, visit the
QNX Innovation Center at http://www.qnx.com/innovation.

About QNX Software Systems

QNX Software Systems, a Harman International company (NYSE: HAR), is the
industry leader in realtime, embedded OS technology. The component-based
architectures of the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS and QNX Momentics® development suite
together provide the industry's most reliable and scalable framework for
building innovative, high-performance embedded systems. Global leaders such as
Cisco, DaimlerChrysler, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens depend on
QNX technology for network routers, medical instruments, vehicle telematics
units, security and defense systems, industrial robotics, and other mission- or
life-critical applications. Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is
headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and distributes products in over 100 countries
worldwide. Visit www.qnx.com.

QNX and Neutrino are trademarks or registered trademarks of QNX Software Systems
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